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Diane Ravitch exhorts city principals to join evaluations protest
gothamschools.org - Principals union president Ernest Logan with Diane Ravitch after Ravitch's speech to union members on Tuesday City principals should overcome their fear and join with more than a thousand of their ...
In Race to the Top, the Dirty Work Is Left to Those on the Bottom
nytimes.com - Even if you think the Obama administration’s signature education program, Race to the Top, will not help a single child in America learn more, you have to admire its bureaucratic magnificence. ...
Ex-D.C. Superintendent Brings "Big Money" Lobby to Create Alabama Charters Schools
blog.al.com - Michelle Rhee, a highly controversial figure in education is being brought to Alabama to work on charter schools, although there’s been no public disclosure of who is paying her group. Gov. Robert ...
One more myth (about Rhee) bites the dust « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - There have been so many myths promulgated by and about Michelle Rhee that it’s interesting to watch even her supporters folks gradually come to the realization that yet another one is false. An exa...
The Sycophancy of Little Evan Stone and Educators4Excellence Continues
southbronxschool.com - Every time I see a Little Evan Stone and Princess Sydney Morris propaganda column in The New York Post or in fact anywhere I feel that it must be treated as if one were looking directly at Kollos, ...
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Education reform group StudentsFirst at work in Alabama
blog.al.com - An education reform group headed by Michelle Rhee, the controversial former chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools, is working in Alabama toward changes in state education laws that would a...
Do Not Blame the Teachers • TimesLedger
timesledger.com - In his State of the City address, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made education reform the cornerstone of his administration’s final two years. The 12th-richest person in the United States continues to be...
CPS schools’ chief call neighborhood school students “unfortunate.” « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - What’s up when a top CPS bureaucrat says that students who go to CPS neighborhood schools are unfortunate? New Schools for Chicago Chief Executive Officer Phyllis Lockett told the Chicago Sun-Times...
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Scott Walker and ALEC plotted attack on AZ unions
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Nichols There's a good piece in the Nation this week by John Nichols, "How Scott Walker and ALEC Plotted the Attack on Arizona's Unions. Nichols writes: After meeting with former Vice President Dan...
Top Komen Health Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Decision
livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - The Komen Foundation's top health official, Mollie Williams, resigned in protest over the decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, reports The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg. His sources tell hi...
Meet the woman who got Komen to defund Planned Parenthood
washingtonpost.com - Americans United for Life President and CEO Charmaine Yoest. ( AMERICANS UNITED FOR LIFE) In the aftermath of the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, a l...
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Wish I had a nickle for every CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS New Orleans Charter Science & Mathematics High School The Perimeter Primate at CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS - 5 hours ago *“Oprah-Backed Charter School Denying Disabled...
software to make your life better
stereopsis.com - Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?During the day, computer screens look ...
Phil Rockstroh: A Journey To The End Of Empire: It Is Always Darkest Right Before It Goes Completely Black
occupywallst.org - "When the poet stands at nadir the world must indeed be upside-down. If the poet can no longer speak for society, but only for himself, then we are at the last ditch.”— Excerpt from, The Time of th...
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Unions Scramble As Arizona GOP Moves Quickly On Labor Bills
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - Nick R. Martin February 1, 2012, 11:54 PM Union members were searching for a way out of the wilderness on Wednesday in Arizona as the Republican-controlled Senate moved ahead quickly on several bil...
Romney's plan would shred safety net for poor
cnn.com - Mitt Romney's gaffes belie either a lack of understanding of Americans' plight or a cynical political calculation, says Karen Dolan.Editor's note: Karen Dolan, a fellow at the Institute for Policy ...
Wisconsin Recall: Shooting the Moon |
bluecheddar.net - In his desperation to stay in office, Governor Scott Walker is throwing huge sums of bad money after more bad money. In fact, the only thing he has going for him is moola, most of it from out of st...
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CME to reject $15 million in city TIF funds - Blogs On Politics
chicagobusiness.com - In a most unusual step, three big Chicago companies are returning or refusing to accept more than $33 million in tax-increment financing they were scheduled to get from City Hall. In separate actio...
2012 – 2013 SY Budget for PWCS « PWC Education Reform Blog
pwceducationreform.wordpress.com - The school division presented it’s first draft of the 2012 – 2013 SY budget. The highlights: (1) The rate we put aside funds for teacher and staff retirement has increased significantly, which wi...
$22.73 Billion Sent in Remittances to Mexico in 2011
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 12:57 am, February 2, 2012 Photo Credits: 2011 Remittances to Mexico Increase Remittances sent by Mexicans living abroad rose 6.86 percent to $22.73 billion in 2011, the Bank of Mexico...
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Matt Damon and Lupe Fiasco bring 'The People's History' to Chicago students
wbez.org - (WBEZ/Carrie Shepherd) Lupe Fiasco, Matt Damon and Tony Sarabia Tuesday night at the Metro before The People Speak, Live! For some students, high school history can be a drag. But some schools and ...
100 Greatest Beatles Songs | Rolling Stone
rollingstone.com - By Elvis Costello I first heard of the Beatles when I was nine years old. I spent most of my holidays on Merseyside then, and a local girl gave me a bad publicity shot of them with their names scra...
The Komen Syndrome | TBogg
tbogg.firedoglake.com - Remember this: In the movie “The China Syndrome,” Fonda played a California TV reporter filming an upbeat series about the state’s energy future. While visiting a nuclear power plant, she sees the ...
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Romney's plan would shred safety net for poor
cnn.com - Mitt Romney's gaffes belie either a lack of understanding of Americans' plight or a cynical political calculation, says Karen Dolan.Editor's note: Karen Dolan, a fellow at the Institute for Policy ...
Big Education Ape: 10-31-11 AM Why I did TFA, and why you shouldn’t EDition #OWS #CNN
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Bears owners oppose closing Crane; who’ll get Dyett’s shiny new gym?
pureparents.org - It’s refreshing to hear that at least one powerful Chicago family is willing to come out publicly against Mayor Emanuel’s relentless attack on neighborhood schools. According to the Chicago Journal...
